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Default Align a column of equations at the equal sign

is there a manual someplace on line that I can read?

It seems that this time around, formal documentation has been replaced by
blogs. :-(

Well, not really, but the best information about the new equation editor is
on Murray Sargent's blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/. There's also some
in the Word Team's blog, such as
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...Word-2007.aspx.


John B. Willett wrote:
Actually, Jay, I managed to get it to work now, but it seems quite
quirky. For instance, it doesnt align on the = sign when both
equations are centered on the page, only when they are at the left
margin. Plus, once they are aligned at the left margin, you cannot
tab them over into the middle of the page.

The old equation editor didnt seem to have these problems -- is there
a manual someplace on line that I can read?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Approx# wrote:
In equation editor in Word 2003 I used to be able to create a column
of equations aligned at the equal sign. I cannot find this feature
in Word 2007. Can anyone help me with this?


After each equation in the group (except the last), press Shift+Enter
instead of Enter to start the next equation. When the group is
complete, select the whole group, right-click, and choose "Align at
=".

You can also go one equation at a time, selecting any character (not
necessarily the equal sign), right-clicking, and choosing "Align at
this character".

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